Living near a source of mercury emissions, such as a coal plant or an incinerator
, increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, fetal malformation and autism in children
reported
Article Dr. Mark Caviglione (from the site www.savonaeponente.com):
"A recent study by the University of Texas Health Science Center
(San Antonio, Texas, USA) and published in the journal Health & Place-known magazine ,
highlighted the presence of a statistically significant risk
between the amount of mercury emitted from a source of industrial pollution and increased incidence of autism in children
who live in the suburbs.
The results of this research coincide with those of numerous other studies that confirm the high
amount of mercury in plants, animals and humans living near
an emission source of this element. The price that children pay is definitely higher.
In fact, exposure to even extremely low levels of many pollutants such as mercury
, when it occurs during that critical period of formation and development of
nervous system in genetically predisposed individuals, may increase the risk of serious diseases such as autism
.
(source ISDE, DOCTORS ENVIRONMENTALISTS) "
to read the article in English in PDF: http://archivioimpolverato.googlegroups.com/web/Mercurio.pdf?gsc=S5v7_QsAAADvxa_WH0fSdze9ERLUFrdb
.. also another article written by Patrizia Gentilini ISDE President of Forlì:
"I would like to inform readers of the findings of an epidemiological study recently published
(Occup Environ Med 2010, 67, 493-499) conducted in France and on the occurrence of malformations
urinary tract in children born to mothers exposed before conception or very early in the pregnancy to
emissions of waste incineration plants.
The study identified 304 cases of this type of malformations diagnosed during the period 2001 to 2003
in southeastern France, where 21 are active and showed incinerators within 10 km from the source and
exposure to dioxins based on a calculated model of relapse, a risk of malformations
three to almost six times the expected.
that incinerators cause damage are now indisputably recognized, the study of Coriano
port next of the two incinerators Forlì and by now well known to ordinary citizens, have not been investigated, unfortunately
malformations, but among women exposed in the sub-maximal,
the most popular, there was an increased risk of spontaneous abortion 44%.
malformations and spontaneous abortion events are closely related since the latter reflects
sull''embrione the deleterious effects of toxic substances on the fetus and the mother is exposed and that, if no one arrives
abortion, can result in malformations.
However, more study of Coriano is documented in the exposure level and said women only, an increase
admissions for: kidney disease (over 200%), stroke, respiratory infections, heart failure
and an increase in death from cancer (stomach, colorectal, lung, sarcomas, Hodgkin's disease, bladder,
brain, leukemia), and Overall, the whole area examined, there were well over 116 deaths since the
among women in the 13 years examined and within only 3.5 km.
This is not surprising when you consider that in the emissions of these plants, despite the use of appropriate technologies
are still present all kinds of pollutants (particulate matter, heavy metals, dioxins):
poisons remain unabated raising the chimney or increasing the speed the expulsion of toxic fumes and we already have too many!
However, even more interesting of the study, however, is the editorial that appears in the journal in which it is published and where
Prof. David Kriebel of the University of Massachutes says that for years we have been saying in many
namely that these facilities, as well as enter fumes into the atmosphere, produce toxic ash
must be placed somewhere, contribute to global warming and, above all,
prevent the spread of much more virtuous practices such as the reduction, recovery / recycling because a
Once these expensive plants are built, managers want to have a guaranteed source of waste
continues to feed them.
We ordinary citizens will be offered, with the start of curbside collection, a large and unmissable
occasion where this method was applied with reliability has proven to lead immediately to a
considerable reduction of waste and increase the share of recycling: Forlì also be the case,
so it is written in the agreements and we just watch for when the fuel will not seek shortcuts
is to continue to burn. "
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